Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
City of Cary threatens $500 a day sign law violation fine.
ACLU tells city that may violate First Amendment
A man in Cary, South Carolina who claims the city government is ignoring his complaints that a city project is responsible for damage to his home decided to take his message to the streets, so to speak.
David Bowden [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
“We’re a sue first, ask questions later kind of an organization”
Horizon Group Management LLC filed a libel lawsuit Monday against former tenant Amanda Bonnen, for $50,000 in damages for writing a Twitter post about her apartment at 4242 N. Sheridan, Chicago and the company managing it “maliciously and wrongfully”.
Bonnen, who apparently was unhappy with Horizon [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Are you kidding me?
The lives of society’s most beloved creatures were made safer when a man who made threats to an auto warranty telemarketer was arrested for his heinous acts.
Charles W. Papenfus, 43, of Fostoria, Ohio, allegedly told a sales representative during a May 18 telephone call that he would burn down the building [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Sign of the times?
Things have been tough all over lately. Now, even the kids seem aware that these times are tougher than usual. One Ohio boy who has seen others go through tough times, and helped out, is helping his family in any way he can.
11 year-old Zach McGuire is selling his toys to help [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Don’t try this at home, folks.
A woman, who has understandably chosen to remain anonymous, had to see a doctor after injecting her face with industrial silicone she ordered online for $10.
The 54 year-old woman, who had gone to see a plastic surgeon earlier, decided to inject herself instead.
She injected the silicone into her cheek and [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Seems customers really are getting screwed.
A consumer watchdog group said Thursday that consumers are being overcharged an average of 74 pounds (currently around 122 USD) by energy groups, due to their failure to pass on the savings since gas and electricity prices have fallen.
“Consumers have feared for months that the big six suppliers might not [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Where else, really?
Yakeisha Ward, 29, allegedly shot a customer who was waiting for a takeout order after the two got into an argument at a Waffle House in Manning, South Carolina.
Crystal Samuel said she was waiting for a takeout breakfast order when Ward told her friends they could not eat their food while waiting for [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Family thinks they are the Suxors.
A teen who opened up his Nintendo game system box got an unpleasant surprise: the box was full of rocks and a Chinese newspaper.
Source: www.wtsp.com
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
You Wanna a reciept with that?
Just when you thought customer service couldn’t get any worse out there, comes news of a Wisconsin man who was trying to return a product to Radio Shack. The clerk refused, and when the customer asked to speak to a manager, the clerk, 52-year-old James Knol of Eau Claire, started [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
But, strangely, it seems, they accepted his insurance premium payments.